opinionAFFIRMATIVEShould We Be Scared by These Jobless Numbers? You BetThese numbers aren't a surprise. But are we ensuring that workers can come out of this whole, or at least on the edge of whole? No.Dean Baker
opinionIt’s ComplicatedDems’ Job Guarantee Isn’t Nearly as Easy as It SoundsTen million or 20 million people with well-paying jobs with health insurance? Sure, great. But could the government manage it? And what of the private sector?Dean Baker
A Bleak Jobs OutlookUnderlying July’s dismal employment report showing almost no job creation is a message for the second half of the year: Don’t expect things to change. Economist Dean Baker on where the jobs are—and are not.Dean Baker